Weathered staff, muddy boots, broken time-piece, rugged coat, fiddle, pencil stub, yellowed pages, old photograph, parched wine-skin, coffee beans & dry flowers...scribblings of a wandering gypsy.
Yes, this is the place where I scribble all my thoughts in the form of poetry.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Joined by bonds of timeless strands,Joy married his bride Sorrow.Deepening perspectives Sorrow paved,The way; for overwhelming feel of Joy.Indispensable pair thus cruised along,Romancing in mortals’ sea of life.

Wailing hearts sighed, pain down toned,As tearful pearls fell from string askew.Laughter then tinkled in sounds of glee,Synchronous with joy smiling deep within.Intensity decisive in game of cubes,Tears and Laughter played their dice.

Failures taught men how to strive,To hunt high nested success down.Joy and sorrow jiving to life’s songs,Taught to cherish, with strength and ease.‘Tis thus a fine true worldly norm,Every element is void, without its other half.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Yes, my first poem after a really long time. So I thought I'll write a poem on the hiatus. I'm not very satisfied with this poem. I guess I'm still rusty from my long break. Anyway, do check up the poem and be generous in your comments :D

A deep slumber, a dead silence,A lack of existence, black roses in remembrance,An empty sigh, a lone tear in the eye,An endless languor, an emaciated life,An exile- by choice or by force?

Beyond the abyss, in the realms of passion,The gurgle of thoughts, the unshackling of crippled emotions,Erasing the calligraphy of nothingness, caressing the breath of imagination,I give birth to myself, yes, once again.Like a stream, my dreams flow free.By choice not force!

Yes, I'm back after a pretty long hiatus. My heartfelt apologies to all my readers and followers for not posting for so long and more so, those readers who left comments on my poems and I couldn't follow-up with them to express my gratitude. I have been busy with my studies and some other personal problems but now I'm back and hopefully will be posting more regularly :)

I would like to conclude by quoting this inspirational poem by William Ernest Henley which shall hopefully inspire me to come up with some meaningful poetry in the future :)

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,Black as the Pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud.Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.Beyond this place of wrath and tearsLooms but the Horror of the shade,And yet the menace of the yearsFinds, and shall find, me unafraid.It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll,I am the master of my fate:I am the captain of my soul.

About Coffee Beans and Dry Flowers...

Coffee Beans and dry flowers,A spent candle and ashes in the fireplace; Coffee lying stale in a chipped mug,And a table cloth that was once white,Edged with frayed lace.A window pane that is cracked,Climbers lying uncared for on the sill,A raging storm beyond it,But here my world stands still.

A bulb in the corner, at times flickering,And a radio sometimes crackles...But registers nothing.

But somewhere amidst all of this, I wait...While penningmy thoughts on yellowed pages,Random scribblings of a wandering gypsy perhaps,Waiting for my vagrant soul to find a home,Waiting for my hand to be held and grasped.

Yes, this is the place where I scribble all my thoughts in the form of poetry.

About Me

Have you ever stopped to stare at roadside flowers? Run around on dewy grass on early spring mornings? Enjoyed the musty smell of frayed pages of old books? Smiled back at strangers? Ever felt like walking back home in the rain? Stopped whatever you were doing to listen to your favourite song on the radio? Ever strained your ears to hear silence? Become teary eyed during mushy scenes in movies? Ever called up long lost friends for no apparent reason? Wanted to believe in something that cannot be explained? Ever loved? Been loved? ever lain spread eagled on the terrace, counting the wishes amidst the phosphorescent sea of a million stars overhead, wondering whether yours was somewhere among those waves too?
See, I told you…you know me…